Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde

Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde
The centre of the village of Saint-Marc The centre of the village of Saint-Marc
Coat of arms
Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Aix-en-Provence
Canton	Aix-en-Provence-Nord-Est
Intercommunality	Pays d'Aix
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Régis Martin
Area1	22.56 km2 (8.71 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,101
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	13095 / 13100
Elevation	241–600 m (791–1,969 ft) (avg. 395 m or 1,296 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Location

It is 6 kilometres from Aix-en-Provence and Vauvenargues, Bouches-du-Rhône, and 3 kilometres from Le Tholonet, near the Montagne Sainte-Victoire.

The commune includes Bonfillons, Roussillier, Plan de l'Orgue, Savoyards, and Bourg.

File:Mairie Saint-Marc.JPG

Town hall

There are two man-made lakes, namely Bimont and Zola, and the streamlet, Prignon.

History

In 1239, the land was given to the Lord of Esparon by Raymond Béranger V, Earl of Provence.

By 1490, Jacques Garde had become Lord of Saint-Marc, and twenty years later the land was passed on to Dauphine Garde, married to Bertrand de Puget.

In 1723, Saint-Marc was sold to the Meyronnets, a family of advisors in the Provence Parliament. In 1784-1785 Philippe de Meyronnet invited Lucien Bonaparte and Joseph Bonaparte to his estate.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	221	—
1800	280	+26.7%
1806	291	+3.9%
1821	280	−3.8%
1831	268	−4.3%
1836	258	−3.7%
1841	241	−6.6%
1846	231	−4.1%
1851	253	+9.5%
1856	242	−4.3%
1861	185	−23.6%
1866	163	−11.9%
1872	181	+11.0%
1876	159	−12.2%
1881	166	+4.4%
1886	112	−32.5%
1891	126	+12.5%
1896	108	−14.3%
1901	100	−7.4%
1906	79	−21.0%
1911	65	−17.7%
1921	90	+38.5%
1926	115	+27.8%
1931	101	−12.2%
1936	108	+6.9%
1946	152	+40.7%
1954	182	+19.7%
1962	207	+13.7%
1968	356	+72.0%
1975	539	+51.4%
1982	517	−4.1%
1990	884	+71.0%
1999	1,078	+21.9%
2008	1,101	+2.1%

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References

• INSEE